Hello from 1 day ago I lost frequencies astra 2g 11068V, 11097V and emit Stv 11126v where hd, hd UTV, ITV and Channel 4 hd hd, I entered with 50% signal, someone has got it or that has moved me the antenna?

altman

Regular Member

a small nudge awarded me with BBCs, C4 and a few others, I'll try to check snr, but HD is nonexixtant, and lots of SD still missing. Guess I'll have to move further north this time, I'm running out of space in the yard for bigger dishes.

DeadHorse800

Regular Member

With Astra 2E confirmed at 28.5 and 2F/G at 28.2, is the optimal position for my dish in Valencia around 28.35, or should i aim closer to 28.5 to minimise interference from BADR? Also, reports from Huevos suggest 2F is slightly stronger here than 2E.

altman

Regular Member

I would aim at 2G being in the middle, but what I usually end up doing is making a list with the channels I want to receive, and maximise those, not caring much at the theoretical maximum

I usually have a minimum around lunch hour, and all channels including HD after dinner I'm shopping for a new vu+ receiver that will allow me to plot some nice graphs, this Mirage doesn't even show the SNR values

Last edited: Aug 11, 2015

PaulR

Dazed and Confused Admin

I think the 28.5 figure is misleading for Astra satellites. Their centre of box position is 28.2; 28.5 was the position for Eutelsat birds. My opinion is that you should edge towards 28.2 rather than 28.5. Your present position of 28.35 sounds OK.

SES Ephemeris data now gives 2E at 28.5º:"THE PREDICTED SATELLITE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE AT 170 HOURS AFTER EPOCH ARE 28.5014 DEG. E AND 0.0342 DEG. N " (11.08.2015) An old friend, a former fellow mod on another satellite forum reports 1-2 dB loss since 2E moved to 28.5º on her 1.5 Gibertini, in SE Germany. There is an additional problem of vertical separation. 2E: 0.034 N 2F: -0.068 N

Dave Simpson

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Hi all - I've been watching this forum closely in order to decide whether to install a dish (I have a Humax Freesat receiver) here in the Retiro area of Madrid, but I haven't seen any clear conclusions regarding final position for 2G and reliable signal reports. Can anyone help. Information I've gleaned from comments in this thread would suggest that I might need a 1,5m dish more or less with a decent LNB. Want to get this sorted for the Rugby World Cup

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Hi all - I've been watching this forum closely in order to decide whether to install a dish (I have a Humax Freesat receiver) here in the Retiro area of Madrid, but I haven't seen any clear conclusions regarding final position for 2G and reliable signal reports. Can anyone help. Information I've gleaned from comments in this thread would suggest that I might need a 1,5m dish more or less with a decent LNB. Want to get this sorted for the Rugby World Cup

I think a 1.5m dish would be overkill in your area. Judging by Tururu´s reports on his 98x90 dish, a quality 1m should suffice, however a decent 1.2m would give you more rain margin. Here, Alicante south area I´m getting everything bar 11052H all day with no problem on my motorised 1.2m ( I am actually receiving 11052H at the moment, but it will go off later ) If you put Tururu´s coordinates into G maps it will give you an idea how far you are from him.

Hi all - I've been watching this forum closely in order to decide whether to install a dish (I have a Humax Freesat receiver) here in the Retiro area of Madrid, but I haven't seen any clear conclusions regarding final position for 2G and reliable signal reports. Can anyone help. Information I've gleaned from comments in this thread would suggest that I might need a 1,5m dish more or less with a decent LNB. Want to get this sorted for the Rugby World Cup

You need a good quality 120cm dish. This is adequate for all channels, including BBC & ITV. LNB: Inverto Black Ultra or Invacom Quad C120 (QDF-031). Ignore comments which recommend 150cm, this is overkill for Madrid. I've installed two dishes of this size in the Madrid area in the past year. 120 cm also provides rain margin.

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You need a good quality 120cm dish. This is adequate for all channels, including BBC & ITV. LNB: Inverto Black Ultra or Invacom Quad C120 (QDF-031). Ignore comments which recommend 150cm, this is overkill for Madrid. I've installed two dishes of this size in the Madrid area in the past year. 120 cm also provides rain margin.

Not too sure about the Inverto BU single 40mm we use a lot on the offset dishes here. Not as good as they used to be, see my comments in the following thread where I have been testing the new Laminas 1.2m dishes I have.

.......here in the Retiro area of Madrid, but I haven't seen any clear conclusions regarding final position for 2G and reliable signal reports. Can anyone help. Information I've gleaned from comments in this thread would suggest that I might need a 1,5m dish more or less with a decent LNB. Want to get this sorted for the Rugby World Cup

. I am a rare case, it seems I'm at the point of maximum signal in Madrid, according to standard, the antenna is 90cm high quality (90x98cm are 94cm of floor space), I'm not useful as a reference, better minimum 120-130cm.

Personally I would put an antenna quality, if you can, better than 150cm, do not run short and smooth supports bad weather and / or poor quality antennas.

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. I am a rare case, it seems I'm at the point of maximum signal in Madrid, according to standard, the antenna is 90cm high quality (90x98cm are 94cm of floor space), I'm not useful as a reference, better minimum 120-130cm.

Personally I would put an antenna quality, if you can, better than 150cm, do not run short and smooth supports bad weather and / or poor quality antennas.